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Sonia attacks PM Modi, says Cong will continue to fight in Parliament

by IBNS 03 Aug 2015, 12:45 am

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS) Assailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being 'silent' on scandals involving his party colleagues, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday made it clear that her party would continue protests in parliament until the ruling BJP agreed to remove its leaders caught in Controversies.

" We will fight against the brazen attitude of the government", she said at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting.

"The PM has been very free with his promises yet he seems totally incapable of delivering on them - for its silence on acts of monumental corruption, its willful violations of law and gross misdemeanors on part of its leading lights," she said. 

"The "Mann ki baat" man appears to retreat into a "Maun Vrat" whenever there is a scandal involving his colleagues," she said. 

Her sharp reaction came ahead of an all-party meeting to be held later in the day to discuss a way out of the deadlock that has stalled business in Parliament since the Monsoon session began.

 Sonia Gandhi said: "Today, we have to listen to sermons on parliamentary behaviour from those who not only defended but also advocated disruption as a legitimate tactic when we they were in the opposition."

Congress-led opposition parties are demanding the resignation of Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje for their alleged help to disgraced cricket tycoon Lalit Modi and of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam recruitment scam.